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76 Läsebok. N:o 32—33.
Fanny. Oh 110, we will wear the cotton which we have
on, we might tear our muslin in scrambling over the rocks,
and it is never so very warm by the sea, there is always a
breeze.
Clara. \ es, you are right, dear old Fanny, I did not
think of all that, but I suppose we must put on our silk
mantles.
Fanny. No, our brown holland jackets will be much
more suitable, and we will take our waterproof-cloaks with
us, make haste.
Mrs. Montague. Children, children! are you ready? Miss
Locke and I are already in the carriage.
Clara. Here we are, mamma. Oh! papa himself is going
to drive, may I sit on the box by his side?
Mrs. Montague. Not to-day my dear, there is no room.
Jump in.
Clara. I do so like to sit by papa when he drives,
because he gives me the reins sometimes.
Mrs. Montague. But as we are going rather a
dangerous road to-day, I think that Miss Locke and I should prefer
his keeping the reins in his own hands.
Fanny. Are we going the road along the brow of the
hill?
Mrs. Montague. Yes my dear, but you need not fear,
papa is an experienced and careful driver.
Clara. How frightened I was that day when the carriage
was upset. It was such a crash when the pole broke.
Mrs. Montague. It was the axle-tree, my dear, not the
pole, and Miss Locke’s shawl was quite ruined by becoming
entangled in the broken spokes of the wheel.
Clara. And the new whip was broken. Lady Martin’s
carriage is behind us, why do we not also have a
hammer-cloth? it looks grand.
Mrs. Montague. I am afraid my little daughter is rather
ambitious. Do you think a hammer-cloth would make us
happier?
Clara. No indeed, 1 am sure we should be just as happy
if we had no carriage at all, only we shoizld not be able to
make such nice excursions.
Fanny. Mamma, what made you think of going to the
sea to-day?
Mrs. Montague. Shall I tell them our little secret, papa ?
Mr. Montague. By all means.
Mrs. M. Papa has taken a cottage by the sea for us,
while our own house is being painted and repaired — do you
remember Cliff-cottage? Shall you like to live there three
months?
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